ingenuity
nomattesté dans les dialogues
- //ˌɪnd͡ʒəˈn(j)uːəti//
The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.
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The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.
The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.
Poverty is the mother of ingenuity.
Ingenuity is one of the characteristics of a beaver.
Half the ingenuity lavished on news—by news we mean the topics of the day as connected with their own circle—half this ingenuity would set up a whole Society of Antiquaries, and immortalise at least a dozen of them.
- 2
An ingenuous action or thought.
Virility is sustained, preserved, even recaptured, by man's ingenuities, by exotic foods and drinks, by rare herbal compounds, by fantastical manipulations, goetic periapts.
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archaïqueIngenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness
And therefore I apply my selfe to ingenuitie, and ever to speake truth and what I think[…].
Étymologie
From Latin ingenuitās.
Formes
- pluriel
- ingenuities
ingenuity · The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.
ingredient · One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.Ingrid · A female given name from Old Norse.inhabited · Having inhabitants; lived in.